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NEWS |W Hotels to foray into India in 2015


Mumbai will be soon home to India’s first W hotel, the luxury boutique hotel brand of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide. The 325-room W Mumbai is being developed on approximately three acres of land and is scheduled to open in 2015. Dilip Puri, Managing Director, India and Regional Vice President South Asia, Starwood Asia Pacific Hotels & Resorts Pte Ltd., said, “Located in bustling south central Mumbai where modern architecture intertwines with colonial cultural monuments,
W Mumbai will introduce its world renowned lifestyle hotel concept to one of India’s hippest cities," according to The Financial Express report. "Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru, Goa and Kerala are targets for us. We currently have a W Hotel under development in Noida, and in north Goa, besides Mumbai. As W and St Regis make their foray into India, Starwood will have eight of its nine brands present in India," he added. W Mumbai will form a part of the Namaste Tower, a proposed skycraper designed by WS Atkins. It has its own marina with a resort-like feel. Puri said that W hotels in India too, will provide and maintain similar standards of luxury and hospitality.